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National Geographic Television & Films (NGT&F) Kids programming and production unit has promoted Michael Karsh to manager, current series & development. Karsh will serve as the primary exec on several projects in various stages of development and production.

Marsha E. Williams moves up to svp of research and planning at Nickelodeon Networks, responsible for consumer insights for Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., including all brand, programming and production, merchandising, public affairs, online and other corporate consumer research for Nick.

That ever cheerful talking yellow sponge squeezed out another huge night of ratings with the SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS Lost In Time primetime special, which aired Feb. 20, 2006, at 8 pm on Nick. The half-hour special episode marked the highest-rated program on all TV with kids 2-11 for the year behind the Super Bowl, and the highest-rated broadcast on all of Nickelodeon since 2001. Lost In Time was the highest-rated episode of SPONGEBOB ever with kids, scoring triple digit increases among all demos.

Nickelodeon is presenting at Toy Fair three new favorites: THE BACKYARDIGANS and GO, DIEGO, GO! for preschoolers and AVATAR, THE LAST AIRBENDER for kids 6-11. These properties join two of the network's most successful franchises: DORA THE EXPLORER and SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, with fun product for every kid.

DIC Ent. (DIC) and legendary investor, Warren Buffett, are pooling their assets to create a new direct-to-DVD animated series, THE SECRET MILLIONAIRES CLUB, to promote financial literacy to kids. Now in production, THE SECRET MILLIONAIRES CLUB features 13 titles with the first two titles scheduled for release in fall 2006 released by a major home entertainment distributor and will be available for worldwide distribution.

PBS KIDS has committed to airing 30 half-hour episodes of CURIOUS GEORGE, the animated preschool television series based on the children's classic book. William H. Macy will narrate the series, which is in production by Universal Home Ent. Prods. (UHEP), Imagine Ent. and WGBH Boston and targeted to launch on PBS KIDS in the fall of 2006.

CBS and DIC Ent. will partner to launch an all-new, Saturday morning branded kids programming block, CBSs Secret Saturday Morning Slumber Party, in fall 06.

As part of the multi-year deal, CBSs Secret Saturday Morning Slumber Party, will feature three hours of FCC-compliant childrens programming and serve as a platform to introduce new kids programs created by DIC.

Kids' WB! and Cartoon Network have acquired 26 episodes of the original animated series, MONSTER ALLERGY, from Italian animation production company Rainbow S.r.l.

WGBH and Discovery Kids are serving up some feathery fun for Thanksgiving with all-new episodes of the animated preschool science series, PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD. Join Peep, the newly-hatched chicken, Chirp, the smart and sassy robin, and Quack, the endearingly egotistical duck, as they flap their way through five new, wide-ranging, hair-raising, always comical (mis)adventures, debuting Nov. 14�18, 2005, at 9:00 am and 11:30 am on the Discovery Kids Channel and then on Nov. 21-25 at 8:00 on TLC, as part of the READY SET LEARN! preschool block.